Cáseda

Cáseda municipality
Cáseda - View of the town with Río Aragón
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Comarca :	Comarca de Sangüesa
Coordinates	42 ° 31 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 31 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W
Height :	430  msnm
Area :	85.61 km²
Residents :	974 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	11.38 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31490
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31069
administration
Website :	Cáseda

Cáseda ( Basque Kaseda ) is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 974 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Navarre in the north of Spain .

Location and climate

The place Cáseda is located on a hill above the south bank of the Río Aragón at an altitude of approx. 430  m and is approx. 52 km (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction from the regional capital Pamplona . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 775 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,579	1,610	1,886	1,060	975

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the population since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ). The municipality also includes the hamlet (pedanía) San Isidro del Pinar , which is about 12 km south of the village and still has about 25 inhabitants .

economy

Cáseda is traditionally oriented towards agriculture, but craftsmen and service providers have also settled in the village. The viticulture that was once operated in the area came to a standstill in the course of the phylloxera crisis and has only been partially resumed to this day. Tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) plays a greater economic role.

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces have not yet been discovered. At the end of the 11th century, Peter I of Aragón (ruled 1094–1104) attempted to recapture ( reconquista ) the area, but only King Alfonso II was successful around 1165. In the 1170s the area was disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Aragón . Cáseda belonged to the historic Comarca Valle de Aibar until 1843 .

Attractions

Ermita de San Zoilo

• The Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora , built in the transition style between late Gothic and Renaissance , is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and was started in 1531. The west portal is a Gothic step portal with raised archivolts ; the south portal, on the other hand, shows pure Renaissance forms. The nave (nature) is relatively high and of a continuous star-shaped vault covered. There and in the choir area there are several gilded carved altars, under which the main altar protrudes.

Surroundings

• The Ermita de San Felipe y Santiago is a small, externally undivided, single-nave building that could even have Romanesque origins.
• The Ermita de San Zoilo is dedicated to the martyr Zoilus of Cordoba ; it shows Gothic buttresses on the outside and a large archivolt portal on the south side. The nave and apse are ribbed. Two archaic-looking capitals are interesting .

Web links

Commons : Milagro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cáseda and surroundings, sights - information (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Cáseda - climate tables
3. ^ Cáseda - population development
4. ^ Cáseda - San Isidro del Pinar
5. ↑ Cáseda - Church
6. ↑ Cáseda - Church and Ermitas